John Adams ( – July 4, 1826) was the second president of the United States (1797–1801), having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States.
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. Use this quote
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. Use this quote
Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. Use this quote
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. Use this quote
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. Use this quote
The happiness of society is the end of government. Use this quote
A government of laws, and not of men. Use this quote
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. Use this quote
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. Use this quote
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. Use this quote
